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 107. I*halaro2)us tricolor (Vnuhi..). Wilson's Phalarope. 



Breeding Range — Interior of N. A., northward to Oregon, Saskatch- 

 ewan, etc. 

 Winter Distribution — Southward to Brazil and Patagonia. 



Very rare visitant on the coast during migrations. Dr. C. C. 

 Abbott records two specimens, one secured at Deal Beach, Mon- 

 mouth county, N. J., and the other at Atlantic City, many years 

 ago {Birds of N. J.). AVe can iind no other records. 



Family Recurvirostridae. — The Avocets 

 and Stilts. 



Two .species have occurred in our district. 



108, Recurvir'ostra airiericana Gmel. American 



Avocet. 



Breeding Range — Temperate N. A., northward in the interior to the 



Saskatchewan. 

 Winter Distribution — Southward to Guatemala, Cuba and Jamaica. 



, Very rare straggler on the New Jersey coast. Formerly it bred 

 regularly in Cape May county and probably at other points, arriving 

 late in April and departing in October {TurnhulL 1869). 



The only recent records that we know of are one specimen shot by 

 Mr. J. N. DeHaven, near Tuckerton, N. J., "last of August, 1886," 

 and one seen by Mr. W. E. D. Scott at Long Beach, N. J., May 20, 

 1877 {B. N. 0. a, 1879). 



109, Hhnantojnis mexicanus (MtjLi..). Black-necked 



Stilt. 



Breeding Range — -Temperate N. A., Texas to northern U. S. in the 



interior. 

 Winter Distribution — To West Indies and northern S. A. 



Very rare straggler on the New Jersey coast. Formerly it bred 

 regularly in Cape May county and also on Egg Island, Delaware 

 Bay {Twmhull, 1869). We know of no recent captures of this 

 species. 



